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Study links heart disease, sleep disorder among Caribbean nationals
AntiguaSun - St’ John’s,Antigua and Barbuda
In addition, they said data from the Sleep Heart Health Study show that sleep apnea increases the risk of heart failure by 140 per cent, stroke by 60 per …
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Study finds Web-based health care brings better results
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The study, published in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association, involved 778 Group Health patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure. …
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Study: RFID Tags Can Mess Up Medical Devices
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
The findings, Berwick continues, suggest a broader lesson for health-care technology: In a system as complicated as a hospital, technical innovations are …
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Online monitoring by pharmacists may keep hypertension under control
Seattle Times - United States
… co-written by the president of the American Heart Association, cautioned that it may be difficult to replicate the Group Health study elsewhere. …
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Study: Low-fat, low-sugar diet can protect women’s health
SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA
… in saturated fats and sugar have a lower risk of premature death or death from cardiovascular disease, research from the Nurse’s Health Study reveals. …
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Health Buzz: Falls and Brain Injuries and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
… chronic health conditions, drug interactions or side effects of medications, and hazards like poor lighting and clutter, the study reports. …
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Infection rates rise in overcrowded hospitals: study
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers coping with heavy workloads in these facilities are less likely to wash their hands well, …
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Health Blog Entries

Children’s Health Study Video
By American Lung Association of California (ALAC)(American Lung Association of California (ALAC))
It’s a great close-up look at the pathbreaking Childrens Health Study. The video was produced and directed by Keren Markuze, with Andrea Hricko, a USC associate professor of preventive medicine at Keck School of Medicine as executive …
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HEALTH STUDY: UNSAFE SEX IN NEW YORK CITY
The city Health Department says tens of thousands of New Yorkers are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex. A report issued Tuesday indicates about 40 percent of New…
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Drink More Coffee and Live Longer?
By Robert Griffith
The information was obtained from some 85000 women participating in the Nurses’ health Study and 40000 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. They were all free of cancer and cardiovascular disease at enrollment. …
Health-and-Age new health topics - http://www.health-and-age.org/health-topics-/

Too Many Eggs Risky?
By fullybook
But on the other hand, the study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows no link between egg consumption and heart attack or stroke. And eating up to six eggs a week didn’t affect men’s health. …
Health eZine - http://lookingbetter.wordpress.com

Featured Article: Health News Review Study of Health Journalism
By mnc.staff
In April 2006, University of Minnesota journalism professor Gary Schwitzer launched HealthNewsReview.org, a website devoted to objectively rating health news for accuracy, balance, and completeness. He published a paper last month that …
Minnesota News Council - http://news-council.org